Spoke-socket



(No Model.)

A. G. BUSHBE.

SPOKB SOCKET.

No. 488,113. Patented Diso..y 13,1892..

not be withdrawn by a strain upon the wheel.

NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADoLPHUs o. BUsHEE, oF cLEARPoRT, AssiGNoR 0E ONE-HALE 'ro c. M.sTRIcKLER, oF LANCASTER, OHIO.

sPoKE-socKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,113, dated-December13, 1892.

Application filed July 26, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLPHUs C. BUSHEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clearport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Spoke-Socket, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to spoke-sockets, and has for its object to providea simple, cheap, and durable socket adapted to be applied to the rim ofa wheel, either at the time the wheel is manufactured or subsequentthereto, when the tenons of the spokes have become worn,broken, orrotted away and parted from the rim.

An object of my invention\is to provide a cheap and simpleintegrally-cast socket adapted to be attached to the rimwithoutextraneous fastening devices.

A further object of my invention is to provide a socket in which thespoke is securely held against rattling and from which it can- Furtherobjects of my invention will appear in the following description, andthe novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view ot' a spoke-socketembodying my improvement shown in connection with a rim, the latterbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a central sectional View of the socketshown in connection with the rim. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the socket.

A represents a face-plate adapted to be secured to the surface of therim and provided on its rear surface with spurs B B to engage thematerial of said rim. Upon the front side of said plate is arranged thesocket C, on opposite sides of which and between the same and the plateare the triangular bracing-Webs D. Attached to the rear side of thefaceplate and communicating with the socket is a barrel E, of smallerdiameter than the socket and having a closed rear end, said barrelforming a reduced extension of the socket,

whereby a shoulder F is formed on the plane l Serial No. 441,297.(Noumodel.)

of the face-plate and within the socket. The outer surface of thereduced extension or barrel is provided with a series oflaterally-projecting spurs or points G, which are adapted, when thesocket is attached to a rim and the barrel is inserted in a suitablebore therein, to engage the sides of said bore and resist the withdrawalof the socket. The outer surface of the barrel is further provided withspirally-arranged grooves or channels H, into which the ber of the woodof the rim will project when the socket has been attached thereto, asshown in Fig. 2.

The end of the spoke is provided with a reduced portion L to fit in thesocket, and a still further reduced portion M to fit vin the barrel, ashoulder N being arranged between the said portions to rest upon theshoulder in the socket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A spoke-socket having a face-plate, an

outer socket, and an Ainner reduced extension l or barrel provided withexterior spurs or teeth, substantially as spec-ined.

2. A spoke-socket provided with a reduced extension or barrel havinglaterally-projecting spurs or teeth and spirally -arranged grooves uponits outer surface to engage the rim, substantially as specified.

3. A spoke-socket having a face-plate provided withrearwardly-projecting spurs, the socket lupon the front side of saidface-plate, the bracing-webs, and the rearwardly-extending barrel orreduced portion communicating with said socket and provided at the planeof t-he face-plate with a shoulder, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPHUS C. BUSHEE.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. PICKERING, C. M. STRICKLER..

